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Monday, October 12, 2015

Parable of the Dirt Road

I watched
conference (super spiritual and very applicable to me, fell asleep for a sec,
but that's all good. Favorite talk "What lack I yet?" one.) and wanted
to do my own quasi conference talk:

In Cambodia you
have dirt roads, and when you get dirt roads where it always rains, there are
tons of potholes. So what happens is the potholes form and the motos all find
the best way around the pot holes. This makes like a better path on the existing dirt road, and you take it to avoid the biggest bumps. However, at night, when you don't
have the clear light of the day to help you get around the potholes, you hit
some big ditches and pot holes and maybe you fall off your bike (maybe you
don't, but either way you ruin your bike and pop tires). To avoid this problem, Elder
Slavens and I have to take the long way around through the city so that we can
ride on non-bumpy roads with lights. It pretty much doubles the distance. But
saves bikes. and scars. This is applicable to us in real life, because we have
the option to take the path that seems like the shortcut to happiness, but isn't
lit and has lots of potholes. Lots of people end up taking that road and
get themselves stuck, fall over, or break their bike. However, we don't have to do that
with the light that the gospel brings. We have the Book of Mormon to guide us
through life, and we have the Spirit to light the path and show where the pot holes are.
Why take the path without the Spirit when just a little bit of sacrifice
guarantees happiness and the companionship of the Holy Ghost and a lit path?
Keep the spirit. Follow the prophet. Read the scriptures. 2 Nephi 32:5